Erin Hoy
Erin has been involved in either creating vegetation maps or working on Accuracy Assessment for mapping products for more than 15 years. She has worked on many mapping projects, including mapping the Upper Mississippi River floodplain under the Long Term Resources Monitoring Element funded by the US Army Corps of Engineers and the mapping or accurcay assessment elements of many National Parks through the National Parks Vegetation Monitoring Program (VMP). She has also worked on a number of vegetation maps for National Wildlife Refuges throughout the midwest.
Biography
Research Interests:
- Vegetation Classification
- Vegetation Mapping
- Accuracy Assessment
- Using Remote Sensing technology to detect invasive plants
Recent Projects:
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail (APPA) Vegetation Mapping Project
- Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve (JELA) Vegetation Mapping Project
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM) Vegetation Mapping Project
- Mississippi National River and Recreation Area (MISS) Vegetation Mapping Project
- Natchez Trace Parkway (NATR) Vegetation Mapping Project
- Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CUVA) Vegetation Mapping Project
Science and Products
Remnant hardwood forest mapping within the Upper Mississippi River Floodplain
Executive SummaryThe primary objective of the project was to locate previously unknown stands of mast-producing hardwood forest trees in the Upper Mississippi River floodplain using existing information. We located and mapped 399 previously unknown hardwood forest stands within the Mississippi River floodplain area of navigation pools 9, 10, and...
Hanson, Jenny L.; King, Rich; Hoy, Erin E.
National Park Service Vegetation Mapping Inventory Program: Appalachian National Scenic Trail vegetation mapping project
The National Park Service (NPS) Vegetation Mapping Inventory (VMI) Program classifies, describes, and maps existing vegetation of national park units for the NPS Natural Resource Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) Program. The NPS VMI Program is managed by the NPS I&M Division and provides baseline vegetation information to the NPS Natural...
Hop, Kevin D.; Strassman, Andrew C.; Hall, Mark; Menard, Shannon; Largay, Ery; Sattler, Stephanie; Hoy, Erin E.; Ruhser, Janis; Hlavacek, Enrika; Dieck, Jennifer National Park Service Vegetation Mapping Inventory Program: Natchez Trace Parkway vegetation mapping project report
The National Park Service (NPS) Vegetation Mapping Inventory (VMI) Program is an effort to classify, describe, and map existing vegetation of national park units for the NPS Natural Resource Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) Program. The NPS VMI Program is managed by the NPS I&M Division and provides baseline vegetation information to the NPS...
Hop, Kevin D.; Strassman, Andrew C.; Nordman, Carl; Pyne, Milo; White, Rickie; Jakusz, Joseph; Hoy, Erin E.; Dieck, Jennifer The Upper Mississippi River floodscape: spatial patterns of flood inundation and associated plant community distributions
Questions How is the distribution of different plant communities associated with patterns of flood inundation across a large floodplain landscape? Location Thirty-eight thousand nine hundred and seventy hectare of floodplain, spanning 320 km of the Upper Mississippi River (UMR). Methods High-resolution elevation data (Lidar) and 30 yr of daily...
De Jager, Nathan R.; Rohweder, Jason J.; Yin, Yao; Hoy, Erin E. National Park Service vegetation inventory program: Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, Minnesota
The Mississippi National River and Recreation Area (MISS) vegetation mapping project is an initiative of the National Park Service (NPS) Vegetation Inventory Program (VIP) to classify and map vegetation types of MISS. (Note: “MISS” is also referred to as “park” throughout this report.) The goals of the project are to adequately describe and map...
Hop, Kevin D.; Drake, Jim; Strassman, Andrew C.; Hoy, Erin E.; Jakusz, Joseph; Menard, Shannon; Dieck, Jennifer
General classification handbook for floodplain vegetation in large river systems
This handbook describes the General Wetland Vegetation Classification System developed as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Upper Mississippi River Restoration (UMRR) Program, Long Term Resource Monitoring (LTRM) element. The UMRR is a cooperative effort between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and...
Dieck, Jennifer J.; Ruhser, Janis; Hoy, Erin E.; Robinson, Larry R. National Park Service Vegetation Inventory Program, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio
The National Park Service (NPS) Vegetation Inventory Program (VIP) is an effort to classify, describe, and map existing vegetation of national park units for the NPS Natural Resource Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) Program. The NPS VIP is managed by the NPS Biological Resources Management Division and provides baseline vegetation information to...
Hop, Kevin D.; Drake, J.; Strassman, Andrew C.; Hoy, Erin E.; Menard, Shannon; Jakusz, J.W.; Dieck, J.J.